Mwandawiro Mghanga Explained

Mwandawiro Mghanga
Education:	University of Nairobi (expelled) Stockholm University (MA) Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (MSc)
Party:	Communist Party of Kenya

Mwandawiro Mghanga is a Kenyan politician, who serves as chairperson of the Communist Party of Kenya.^[1]

Mghanga was elected to the Kenyan National Assembly, representing the district of Wundanyi from 2002 to 2007.^[2]

Early life and education

As a Master's student at the University of Nairobi in 1980, Mghanga chaired the SONU. In this capacity he mobilized students against the de facto single-party Kenyan government.^[3] Mghanga was arrested and tortured by the Moi regime for alleged links to the Mwakenya resistance movement.^[4]

Following release, Mghanga took political refuge in Sweden where he completed graduate degrees at Stockholm University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.^[5]

Notes and References

1. http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-17484/sdp-receives-cerificate-party-registration SDP receives certificate of party registration
2. News: Ford-P's Mghanga Trounces Mbela . . 30 December 2002 .
3. Web site: The Rise of a Party-State in Kenya. publishing.cdlib.org.
4. Web site: Mwambingu . Reuben . It is hard to forgive Moi, says former detainee Mwandawiro Mghanga . People Daily Digital . 10 February 2020 . February 5, 2022.
5. Web site: Odeo . Bethuel . Mwandawiro Mghanga: Man who tempted fate by mobilizing UoN students . The Sunday Standard . The Sunday Standard . February 5, 2022.